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WHAT MISTER
TRUMP'S AMERICA WILL LOOK LIKE.
>> SOME MUSLIMS DON'T KNOW WHERE
WE STAND ANYMORE, IN TERMS OF
OUR IDENTITY AS AMERICANS.
REPORTER: ZAINAB CHAUDRY IS
MARYLAND OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR
THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLMAIC
RELATIONS.
>> WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO
ARE ASKING, ARE WE GOING TO BE
BANNED FROM THE UNITED STATES?
ARE WE NO LONGER AMERICA
WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS.
REPORTER: LAST DECEMBER, ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, PRESIDENT ELECT
DONALD TRUMP CALLED FOR A
SHUTDOWN OF MUSLIMS ENTERING THE
UNITED STATES.
IN MAY, MISTER TRUMP SAID IT WAS
JUST A SUGGESTION AND DIALED IT
BACK AGAIN IN JULY DURING THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
>> WE MUST IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND
IMMIGRATION FROM ANY NATION THAT
HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY
TERRORISM, UNTIL SUCH TIME A
PROVING VETTING MECHANISMS HAVE
BEEN PUT IN PLAC
REPORTER: DESPITE THE SOFTENING
OF TRUMP'S MESSAGE, SOME MUSLIMS
SAY HIS WORDS HAVE MADE THEIR
LIVES MORE DIFFICULT.
>> WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED BY
REPORTS OF HATE CRIMES,
INCIDENCE OF PROFILING,
DISCRIMINATION TARGETING MUSLIMS
, AND OTHER MINORITY GROUPS.
IT HAS REALLY ELEVATED THE LEVEL
OF ALARM AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
>> NOT MY PRESIDENT!
REPORTER: WHILE PROTESTERS HAVE
MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS IN
SEVERAL CITIES, INCLUDING
BALTIMORE, DECLARING MISTER
TRUMP IS NOT THEIR PRESIDENT
>> IT'S A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
WE ARE NOT CHALLENGING THAT.
REPORTER: CHAUDRY IS COMING TO
TERMS WITH MISTER TRUMPS WIN,
AND IS HOPING THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT WILL REASSURE
HER THAT SHE'S PART OF HIS
AMERICA.
>> THE SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR HIM
SPEAK OUT AND CONDEMN THE RACISM
IN THE COUNTRY WE ARE SEEING.
REPORTER: TONIGHT, HE ADDRESSED
REPORTS OF HARASSMENT OF MUSLIMS
AND LATINOS, SAYING THAT PEOPLE
NEED TO "STOP IT."

Some members of the Muslim community in Maryland are uncertain what President-elect Donald Trump's win means for them.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ national executive director said the organization will hold Trump accountable for defending their constitutional rights.
Still, some Muslims are concerned about what the president-elect’s America will look like.
"Some Muslims don't know where we stand anymore in terms of our identity as Americans,” CAIR’s Maryland outreach director Zainab Chaudry said.
“We have young children who are asking are we going to be banned from the United States. Are we no longer American who don't know what the future holds?”
Last December on the campaign trail Trump called for a shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
In May, Trump said it was just a suggestion and dialed it back again in July during the Republican National Convention.
"We must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place,” Trump said.
Despite the softening of Trump’s message, some Muslims say his words have made their lives more difficult.
"We've been inundated with reports of hate crimes, bias attacks, incidents of profiling, discrimination targeting Muslims and other minority groups and it’s really elevated the level of alarm amongst our community members,” Chaudry said.
While protesters have marched through the streets in several cities, including Baltimore, declaring that Trump is not their president, Chaudry said her organizations in not challenging the results of the election.
Chaudry is coming to terms with Trump’s win and is hoping the president-elect will reassure her that she's part of his America.
"The silence speaks volumes, so it's so important to hear him speak out and condemn the racism and the bigotry that we're seeing,” Chaudry said.
Trump addressed reports of harassment of Muslims and Latinos and said people need to stop it and that he wants to bring the country together.

BALTIMORE —

Some members of the Muslim community in Maryland are uncertain what President-elect Donald Trump's win means for them.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ national executive director said the organization will hold Trump accountable for defending their constitutional rights.

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Still, some Muslims are concerned about what the president-elect’s America will look like.

While protesters have marched through the streets in several cities, including Baltimore, declaring that Trump is not their president, Chaudry said her organizations in not challenging the results of the election.

Chaudry is coming to terms with Trump’s win and is hoping the president-elect will reassure her that she's part of his America.

"The silence speaks volumes, so it's so important to hear him speak out and condemn the racism and the bigotry that we're seeing,” Chaudry said.

Trump addressed reports of harassment of Muslims and Latinos and said people need to stop it and that he wants to bring the country together.